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Bloomberg
19-03-2025
- Automotive
- Bloomberg
Station Wagon Owners Really Love Their Cars. Too Bad
When Jeff Adler sold his tomato-red 1985 Mercedes-Benz station wagon in 2009, it had 314,000 miles on the odometer. 'I just loved it. I felt great driving it,' says the New York real estate agent. The 300TD wagon reminded him of childhood visits to car shows in Manhattan with his mother. He liked the feel of the wide steering wheel, the style of its elegant long body and the lower-priced diesel it sipped instead of guzzled. 'I felt like I was making a statement,' he says. 'I got nothing but joy from driving that car, pure joy.' One might expect this kind of ardor for the muscle cars of one's youth or the sleek coupe their era's James Bond drove. But station wagon aficionados feel as much passion for the once-humble, utilitarian conveyance. The devoted are not just English professors and NPR hosts. Ask around at any cocktail party or barbecue, and you'll find at least one wagon buff who's long owned and adored theirs.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
View Photos of the Vintage Mercedes-Benz W123 Suspension Rebuilds
Read the full story Mercedes-Benz's W123 Generation lives on because it was built to last—other than one weakness, its hydraulic self-leveling dampers. The problem affects 1979–85 300TD wagons, but the replacement parts are out of production. That's where vintage-Benz fanatic Andrew Villaseñor comes in. Scroll to see some images of his operation in central California. Andrew Villaseñor has an exchange program: When a customer orders his remanufactured dampers (for $1100), they can get a refund of up to $500 if they send him the old, worn-out parts for rebuilding and future sale. Villaseñor's operation uses a U.S. supplier that produces a bespoke one-piece seal for the rebuild, an improvement over the previous two-piece seals. Villaseñor says the self-leveling suspension "compensates for load and brings the ride height of the car to a safe level so you can drive at autobahn speeds." You Might Also Like Car and Driver's 10 Best Cars through the Decades How to Buy or Lease a New Car Lightning Lap Legends: Chevrolet Camaro vs. Ford Mustang!
